V Ofthe ioyes ofbeauen. 877 Monarch ouer the whole world,fhould enioy a long,peace_ChryfoR.ia able,andprofperous raigne,without anywarres,care,trouble Hebræos cap. orvexation,louing all,andbeing belouedofall his fubiei s. 4.11omril.ó, Or toan imginarie aduancement ofaKings childout ofhis mothers wombe to fit on the throne of thekingdome, not according to the ordinarymaner,by degrees, when he corn- meth to age, but attaining vnto age and foueraigntie toge- ther,andall vpou a fudden. Oras ifa man fhould inthe fame hourelie in a darke and noifomedungeon,hungrie, naked, andcomfortleffe,continuallyexpe6ing acruel! and fhame- ful death, and infiantly be aduanced to a kingdome,and to the fruitionofal delights which it could yeeld him. Others expreffe them bymaking aproportionable comparifonbe- tweene themothers wombe, theworld, and the kingdome ofheauen : namely,thar this heauenly kingdom asmuch ex- ceedeth this world in glory,beauty, &varietyofal delights, as theworld herein excelleth the motherswombe; in which comparifonifthere be any difproportion, it is becaufe our heauenly ioyes being infinite and without the mixtureof any miferie,doe by innumerable degreesexcel! thepleafitres and maieflie ofthe world, more then the world excelleth that darkeanddole prifonofthe mothers belly. By all which it appeareththat theft heauenly ioyes be vn- 4.Sec`f.4. fpeakable, and in themfelues infinite and incomprehenfible, That thereare but yet in refpe& ofvs who fhall enioy them there are ( I diners degrees take it) diners degrees of them. For thereas in thefe hea- uenly ioyes there are two things to be confidcred ; the firff l inrdne:e ofc isthe cauCe or obiea ofthis ioy and happineffe ; the other cmaurn:frft the application, comprehenfion, and fruition of them : it is premed by tefti_ true in the former reipeói, one cannot be more happic and shier ofscriy- bleffed then another,becaufe al Thal inioyGod;as theirfum- mumbanum,andchiefgood,and thofeheauenlyioyes which he will communicate unto them ; but inrefpcé oftheother, thereare diuersdegrees, as one more then another is more capable and comprehenfue ofthis infinit goodneffe,where- byheis fitted and difpofedCO amore large and perfc ì frui- tion of God,and fo becommeth more bicfred,becaufe hee
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